On July 7, 1997 Baby Blues writer Jerry Scott and editorial cartoonist Jim Borgman introduced 15-year-old Jeremy Duncan to newspaper readers with the Zits comic strip.The comic strip began with a decent client list and has grown considerably since. Zits appears in more than 1,600 newspapers worldwide in 45 countries and is translated into 15 […]
In order to start a day of mythbusting on an apolitical note, here’s a cartoon Rich Powell shared on Facebook the other day, though I note by the date that he drew it some time ago.It’s about the nursery rhyme about little piggies, used, as demonstrated in this 1857 painting by Lilly Martin-Spencer, to make […]
After nearly a hundred years in existence, the Popeye comic strip is reportedly getting a woke makeover, with the strip’s latest cartoonist promising more ethnic diversity and “more characters who aren’t heterosexual.” The right wing news site Breitbart has an article about ideas newly introduced in the Popeye comic strip. The item informs […]
From Intelligent Collector: In November 2020, Trudeau attempted the seemingly impossible: whittling down that mountain of strips to a mere handful that “proved defining and enduringly meaningful to him,” as The Washington Post noted upon its publication of Trudeau’s top 10. Among their estimable lot: strips about Watergate, women’s rights, onerous laws in Florida and […]
Comics Kingdom has lost a week’s worth of Vintage Judge Parker.I found them.
Informed sources tell me that Mike Manley will return to the Judge Parker daily art chores before the end of July.Beginning Monday July 25, 2022 Mike is back on Judge Parker. His return to the Sunday pages should follow not long after?On his Facebook page Mike responds to a comment with “Back on the Judge […]
As was foretold here a couple weeks ago, Scott Cohn began signing the Judge Parker comic strip today. No, we don’t when, or if, Bret Blevins will sign The Phantom comic strip. © UFSIt’s a good weekend to be a happy camper, and I am.Alley Oop (also Little Oop) is back in Stone Age […]
Joe Heller manages to capture the two major topics this year: A divided country and fireworks.I know which one bothers me more, but I’m capable of considering two things at a time. Juxtaposition of the Day(Jeff Koterba)(Edison Lee – KFS)Not sure why Edison finds his results disappointing. I think purple is a lovely color and obviously […]
When Randy Milholland’s first-grade teacher asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, he said, “I want to draw Popeye,” the comic hero he loved with from the newspaper and TV. “Maybe you should choose a more obtainable goal,” the teacher responded. The 46-year-old San Antonio cartoonist had the last laugh. As the […]
The Founders in Christopher Weyant‘s cartoon ask a very good question, though I might like it better if he’d left out the elephant and allowed the question to hang in the air.It’s his fantasy, mind you, but, of course, the Republicans weren’t around in those days, and we know how people who have never studied […]
The turning of the calendar page saw Pickles by Brian Crane switch distributors.On June 30, 2022 (above) it was part of the Washington Post Writers Group, on July 1, 2022 (below) it became an Andrews McMeel Syndication comic strip.© Brian CraneThe only giveaway is the miniature syndication slug in the first gutter of the strips.As […]
Wallace the Brave (AMS) and his buddies are off for the summer, and the last day of school provided an example of why this comic strip stands out.To begin with, Mrs. Macintosh likes her job, she likes the kids and the kids like her. The affection in that first panel is, if not entirely unique […]
Cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq Honors The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will highlight the career and accomplishments of the renowned cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq during a ceremony at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 9 as part of the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival.In 2020, Bellocq […]
In 1996 Neal Rubin reported on the death of cartoonist Jack Berrill and the fate of Gil Thorp. Neal had no idea that eight years later he would be plotting and scripting the comic strip. Now, after 18 years writing stories for the iconic high school coach, no more playdowns for Neal.The Daily Cartoonist reached […]
Despite their vast impact, the whole story of the underground comix movement has never been fully told in a coherent, systematic way. Sure, over the years we’ve seen some good work focus on individual creators or publishers, and some good bibliographic work tracking down the titles and print histories from a collectors’ perspective, but nothing […]